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[ʹweıtı] a1. веский, важный, весомыйweighty argument - убедительный /веский/ довод
2. обременительный, тяжкий3. тяжёлый, грузный; увесистыйweighty steps - тяжёлые шаги, грузная походка
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['weɪtɪ]3) (heavy) [object, responsibility] pesante* * *1) (important: a weighty reason.) importante2) (heavy.) pesante* * *weighty /ˈweɪtɪ/a.1 pesante; gravoso; (fig.) grave, importante, serio: weighty problems, problemi gravi; a weighty matter, una faccenda importante; a weighty load, un pesante carico; (fig.) un grave peso* * *['weɪtɪ]3) (heavy) [object, responsibility] pesante -
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ˈweɪtɪ прил.
1) тяжелый, увесистый
2) обременительный, тягостный, тяжкий Syn: burdensome, onerous
3) важный, веский, весомый, существенный Syn: significant веский, важный, весомый - * argument убедительный /веский/ довод - * opinions авторитетные мнения - * utterance впечатляющие слова - * problems важные проблемы обременительный, тяжкий - * responsibilities обременительные обязанности - * cares тяжкие заботы тяжелый, грузный;
увесистый - * steps тяжелые шаги, грузная походка weighty важный, веский ~ важный ~ веский ~ обременительный ~ тяжелый ~ тяжелый -
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I Adj.1. gewichtsmäßig: heavy; wie schwer bist du? how much do you weigh?; es ist zwei Pfund schwer it weighs ( oder it’s) two pounds; ein drei Pfund schwerer Braten etc. a three-pound roast etc.; ein mehrere Tonnen schwerer Kran a crane weighing several tons; ich darf nichts Schweres heben I mustn’t ( oder can’t) lift anything heavy2. fig., Angriff, Parfüm, Schritt, Unwetter, Verluste, Wein etc.: heavy; (gewichtig) weighty; (drückend) oppressive; Speise: rich; (schwer verdaulich) heavy; Zigarre, Duft: strong; schwere Maschine (Motorrad) powerful machine; er soll nichts Schweres essen he’s not supposed to eat anything rich; schwerer Boden heavy soil, clay; schweres Gold solid gold; schweres Wasser CHEM. heavy water; schwerer Atem labo(u)red breathing; ich habe einen schweren Kopf my head’s throbbing; schwerer Schlaf deep ( oder heavy) sleep; schwere Zunge heavy tongue; schweren Herzens reluctantly; (traurig) with a heavy heart3. umg.: schweres Geld verdienen make big money, make a packet (Am. bundle); schweres Geld kosten cost serious money ( oder a packet, Am. a bundle); etliche Millionen schwer sein be worth a few million4. Verbrechen: serious, grave; (schlimm) bad; siehe auch schlimm; verstärkend, Unfall, Wunde: bad, serious; Krankheit, Fehler, Irrtum: serious; schwere Erkältung bad ( oder heavy) cold; eine schwere Gehirnerschütterung severe concussion; schwerer Schock bad ( oder severe, terrible) shock; schwere Körperverletzung grievous bodily harm, Brit. Abk. GBH; schwerer Diebstahl aggravated theft; schwerer Schlag fig. heavy ( oder hard) blow; schwerer Alkoholiker hardened alcoholic; schwerer Junge umg. hardened criminal, big-time crook6. (schwierig) hard, difficult, tough umg.; siehe auch schwierig; Musik: difficult; Buch: heavy(-going); (anstrengend) hard, tough umg.; Amt, Pflicht: onerous; schwere Aufgabe / Prüfung hard ( oder difficult) task / severe test; das Schwere daran the difficult part about it; schweres Schicksal hard lot; schwerer Tag hard (tough umg.) day; heute war ein schwerer Tag auch it was hard (tough umg.) going today; er hatte eine schwere Jugend he had a hard time when he was young; schwere Zeit(en) hard times; sie hat viel Schweres durchgemacht she went through many hard times; Begriff 1, Blei1 1, Geschütz etc.II Adv.1. bewaffnet etc.: heavily etc.; schwer beladen Laster etc.: heavily laden, with a heavy load (FLUG. etc. cargo); fig. Person, mit Sorgen etc.: weighed down ( mit with); jemandem schwer auf der Seele liegen prey on s.o.’s mind; es belastet ihn schwer it weighs heavily on his mind; zu schwer gegessen haben have eaten food that was too rich ( oder heavy)2. (schlimm) badly; es hat sie schwer getroffen it hit her hard, it was a hard blow for her; schwer betroffen seriously affected; etw. schwer nehmen take s.th. seriously; (zu Herzen nehmen) take s.th. to heart; nimm’s nicht so schwer don’t take it to heart; schwer stürzen / verunglücken have a bad ( oder serious) fall / accident; schwer erkältet sein have a bad ( oder heavy) cold; schwer krank seriously ill; schwer kriegsbeschädigt severely war-disabled; schwer verletzt seriously hurt ( oder injured); schwer verwundet seriously wounded; schwer betrunken very drunk, drunk out of one’s mind umg.; schwer enttäuscht really ( oder deeply) disappointed; schwer leiden suffer badly3. (hart) schwer arbeiten work hard; schwer verdient hard-earned; schwer geprüft sorely tried; schwer bestrafen punish severely; schwer büßen pay dearly4. umg. (sehr) really; schwer aufpassen watch like a hawk; schwer beleidigt deeply offended; bes. iro. mortally wounded; schwer beeindruckt very ( oder deeply) impressed; schwer stolz sein auf (+ Akk) be very proud of; das will ich schwer hoffen! I should hope so!; drohend: you’d etc. better!; ich werd mich schwer hüten! I shall do nothing of the sort!; er ist schwer in Ordnung he’s a really great guy; schwer reich sein be loaded; da hat er sich aber schwer getäuscht he’s very much mistaken there; sich schwer blamieren make an awful fool of o.s.5. (nicht leicht) schwer atmen have difficulty breathing; das ist schwer zu beantworten there’s no easy answer to that, that’s a good question; das ist schwer zu beurteilen it’s difficult to say ( oder judge); sich schwer entschließen können have difficulty making up one’s mind; ein schwer erziehbares Kind a difficult ( oder problem) child; schwer erziehbar sein have behavio(u)ral problems; schwer fallen be difficult (+ Dat for), not be easy (for); es fällt ihm schwer auch he finds it hard; seelisch: it’s hard on him; Mathe ist mir immer / nie schwer gefallen I always / never found math(s) difficult; es fällt ihr schwer, sich zu bedanken / entschuldigen she finds it difficult to say thank you / to apologize; auch wenn’s dir schwer fällt whether you like it or not; es fällt mir schwer, Ihnen sagen zu müssen,... it pains me to have to tell you...; sie hat es schwer she has a hard time (of it), she’s having hard times; keiner hat es so schwer wie wir nobody has such a hard time of it as we do; schwer hören be hard of hearing; auf dem Ohr hört sie schwer umg., fig. she doesn’t want to know (when you mention that); schwer löslich CHEM. of low solubility, not easily soluble; jemandem etw. schwer machen make s.th. difficult for s.o.; jemandem das Leben schwer machen give s.o. a hard time; sich (Dat) etw. schwer machen make s.th. difficult for o.s.; schwer zu sagen difficult to say; sich mit etw. schwer tun have a hard time with s.th.; auch grundsätzlich: find s.th. difficult; ich tue mich oder mir mit Fremdsprachen schwer auch I’m not very good at foreign languages; er tut sich mit seiner Schwester schwer he doesn’t get on (Am. along) with his sister; sie sind nur schwer zu überzeugen it’s not easy to convince them; ( sehr) schwer verdaulich indigestible, heavy; fig., Buch etc.: heavy(-going); schwer verkäuflich difficult to sell; attr. WIRTS. slow-selling...; schwer verständlich difficult ( oder hard) to understand; (entstellt) Nachricht etc.: garbled; schwer verständlicher Stil auch impenetrable style; schwer verträglich Essen: hard on the digestive system; Medikament: not easily tolerated; schwer zu verstehen difficult to understand, hard to grasp; er ist schwer zu verstehen akustisch: it’s difficult to hear what he’s saying; Kapee, Magen, schaffen2 II 3 etc.* * *(Bedeutung) serious (Adj.);(Essen) rich (Adj.);(Krankheit) severe (Adj.)* * *[ʃveːɐ]1. adj1) (lit, fig) heavy; (= massiv) Gold solidein 10 kg schwérer Sack — a sack weighing 10 kgs, a sack 10 kgs in weight
die Beine wurden mir schwér — my legs grew heavy
er ist fünf Millionen schwér (inf) — he is worth five million
See:→ Herz2) (= stark) Fahrzeug, Maschine powerful; Artillerie, Kavallerie, Wein, Parfüm heavy; Zigarre strong; (= nährstoffreich) Boden richschwéres Wasser (Phys) — heavy water
See:→ Geschütz3) (= heftig) Sturm, See, Angriff, Artilleriefeuer heavy; Winter hard, severe4) (= ernst) Sorge, Bedenken, Unrecht, Unfall, Verlust, Krankheit, Beleidigung serious, grave; Fehler, Enttäuschung serious, grave, big; (COMPUT ) Fehler fatal, critical; Zeit, Leben, Schicksal hard; Leiden, Belastungsprobe, Strafe, Buße severe; Musik heavyschwére Verluste — heavy losses
Schweres erlebt or durchgemacht haben — to have been through (some) hard times, to have had a hard time (of it)
das war ein schwérer Schlag für ihn — it was a hard blow for him
See:→ Stunde, Junge5) (= hart, anstrengend) Amt, Aufgabe, Dienst, Arbeit, Tag hard; Geburt, Tod difficultes schwér haben — to have a hard time (of it)
See:→ Anfang, Geburt6) (= schwierig) Frage, Entscheidung, Übung hard, difficult, tough7) (inf = enorm)schwéres Geld machen — to make a packet (inf)
2. adv1) (= mit schwerer Last) beladen, bepackt, bewaffnet heavilyschwér auf jdm/etw liegen/lasten — to lie/weigh heavily on sb/sth
zu tragen haben (sich abschleppen) — to be loaded down with sth; (fig) an Schuld etc to be heavily burdened with sth
an den 50 Sack hast du viel zu schwér zu tragen — these 50 sacks are too much for you to carry
das Bewusstsein, ihr unrecht getan zu haben, lastet schwér auf ihm — knowing that he did her an injustice is hard for him to bear
2) (= hart) arbeiten, schuften hard; bestrafen, tadeln, missbilligen severelyschwér geprüft sein — to be sorely tried
schwér verdientes Geld — hard-earned money
es schwér haben — to have a hard time of it
es mit jdm schwér haben — to have a hard time with sb
3) (= ernstlich) verletzen, verwunden seriously; krank seriously, critically; beleidigen, kränken, treffen, gekränkt deeplyschwér kriegsbeschädigt — seriously disabled (in war)
schwér erkältet sein — to have a bad cold
schwér stürzen — to have a bad fall
schwér verunglücken — to have a serious accident
4)(= nicht einfach)
schwér zu sehen/sagen — hard or difficult to see/sayes lässt sich schwér abschätzen/voraussagen — it's hard to estimate/to predict
5)(= mit Mühe)
sich schwér entschließen können — to find it hard or difficult to decideer lernt schwér — he's a slow learner
schwér hören — to be hard of hearing
schwér löslich (attr) — not easily dissoluble
etw ist schwér löslich — sth is not easy to dissolve
jd ist schwér erziehbar — sb has behavioural (Brit) or behavioral (US) problems
ein schwér erziehbares Kind — a maladjusted child
schwér verdaulich (Speisen) — indigestible; (fig auch) difficult
etw ist schwér verdaulich — sth is hard to digest
schwér verständlich — difficult or hard to understand, incomprehensible
schwér verträglich sein (Speise) — to be indigestible; (Medikament) to have side effects; (Klima) to be unhealthy
ein schwér verträgliches Medikament — medicine which has side effects
6) (inf = sehr) reallyda musste ich schwér aufpassen — I really had to watch out
schwér betrunken — completely drunk, rolling drunk (Brit inf)
schwér verdienen — to earn a packet (Brit inf) or a fistful (US inf)
ich werde mich schwér hüten — there's no way (I will) (inf)
schwér im Irrtum sein — to be badly or seriously mistaken
er ist schwér in Ordnung — he's OK (inf), he's a good bloke (Brit inf) or guy (inf)
* * *1) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) hard2) (severe or very bad: He was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm (= very serious injuries) on the old man.) grievous3) heavily4) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) heavy5) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) heavy6) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) heavy7) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) heavy8) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) heavy9) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) heavy* * *<schwerer, schwerste>[ʃve:ɐ̯]I. adj1. (nicht leicht) heavy, weighty\schwer wie Blei as heavy as lead20 kg \schwer sein to weigh 20 kgein fünf Kilo \schwerer Fisch a fish weighing five kilos, a five kilo fish3. (anstrengend) hardein \schweres Amt a difficult [or hard] task\schwere Arbeit hard workeine \schwere Bürde a heavy burdeneine \schwere Geburt/Operation a difficult [or complicated] birth/operation4. (gravierend) serious, grave\schwere Bedenken strong reservationsein \schwerer Fehler [o Irrtum] a serious [or bad] mistake\schwere Körperverletzung JUR grievous bodily harmein \schwerer Mangel an acute shortage\schwere Mängel aufweisen to be badly defective\schwerer Schaden extensive [or serious] [or severe] damageein \schweres Unrecht a blatant [or rank] injustice\schwere Verluste erleiden to suffer severe losseseine \schwere Enttäuschung a deep [or great] disappointmentein \schweres Leiden a terrible affliction [or illness]ein \schwerer Tod a painful death\schwere Verwüstung[en] anrichten to cause utter [or complete] devastationS\schweres mitmachen [o durchmachen] to live through hard [or difficult] timesein \schweres Schicksal a hard loteine \schwere Strafe a harsh [or severe] punishmenteine \schwere Zeit a hard [or difficult] time7. (schwierig) hard, difficultdie Rechenaufgaben sind heute besonders \schwer today's sums are particularly tricky[eine] \schwere Lektüre/Musik heavy reading/music\schwere Kämpfe heavy fightingeine \schwere See a heavy [or rough] [or stormy] seaeine \schwere Welle a high [or tall] wave11. (derb, grobschlächtig) Pferd, Schuhe heavyein \schwerer Lkw (mit starkem Motor) a heavy truck15. (intensiv) strongein \schwerer Duft/ein \schweres Parfüm a pungent scent/perfume16. AGR1 Million \schwer sein to be worth 1 million\schweres Geld kosten to cost a packet fam\schweres Geld verdienen to make big money fam19. (massiv) solidaus \schwerem Gold [made of] solid goldein \schwerer Stoff a heavy cloth20. (feucht)\schwere Luft oppressively humid air21. (traurig)jdm ist \schwer ums Herz sb is heavy-hearted22. (müde) heavydie Beine wurden ihm \schwer his legs grew heavyII. adv1. (hart) hard\schwer arbeiten to work hardjdn \schwer bestrafen to punish sb severelyetw \schwer büßen müssen to pay a heavy price [or penalty] for sthes \schwer haben to have it hard [or a hard time [of it]]es \schwer mit jdm haben to have a hard time [of it] with sb2. (mit schweren Lasten) heavily\schwer auf jdm lasten (fig) to weigh heavily on sb\schwer zu tragen haben to have a lot [or a heavy load] to carry3. (mit Mühe) with [great] difficulty\schwer abbaubare Materialien materials which do not decompose [or degrade] very easily\schwer atmen to have difficulty breathing\schwer erarbeitet hard-earnedein \schwer erziehbares Kind a problem child\schwer hören to be hard of hearing\schwer löslich not easily dissoluble\schwer verdaulich [o verträglich] difficult [or hard] to digest; (fig: schwierig, düster) heavy-going attr, heavy going pred\schwer vermittelbar difficult to place [in employment]das will ich \schwer hoffen! I sincerely hope soer ist \schwer in Ordnung he really is a cool guy fam\schwer beleidigt sein to be deeply offended\schwer betrunken dead drunkjdn \schwer zur Kasse bitten to hit sb hard in the [back] pocket fametw \schwer missbilligen to strongly disapprove of [or object to] sthjdm \schwer zu schaffen machen to give sb a hard timejdn \schwer schröpfen to fleece sb big time sl5. (ernstlich) seriously, badly\schwer behindert [o beschädigt] severely handicapped [or disabled]\schwer erkrankt sein to be seriously [or gravely] ill\schwer gestürzt sein to have had a bad fall\schwer verletzt seriously [or badly] [or severely] injured\schwer verunglückt sein to have had a bad [or serious] accident\schwer wiegend serious\schwer wiegende Bedenken strong [or serious] reservationseine \schwer wiegende Entscheidung a momentous decisionein \schwer wiegender Grund a sound [or convincing] [or compelling] reason6. (schwierig) difficultetw ist \schwer zu beantworten there is no easy answer to sth\schwer zu begreifen difficult tojdm das Leben \schwer machen to make life difficult for sb\schwer zu sagen hard to say\schwer verständlich (geistig) scarcely comprehensible; (akustisch) hard [or difficult] to understand pred7. (traurig)jdm das Herz \schwer machen to make sb's heart heavy [or sad\schwer bewaffnet sein to be heavily armed* * *1.2) (anstrengend, mühevoll) heavy < work>; hard, tough < job>; hard < day>; difficult < birth>es schwer/nicht schwer haben — have it hard/easy
jemandem/sich etwas schwer machen — make something difficult for somebody/oneself
sich (Akk. od. Dat.) mit od. bei etwas schwer tun — have trouble with something
sich (Akk. od. Dat.) mit jemandem schwer tun — not get along with somebody
3) (schlimm) severe <shock, disappointment, strain, storm>; serious, grave <wrong, injustice, error, illness, blow, reservation>; serious <accident, injury>; heavy <punishment, strain, loss, blow>; grave < suspicion>2.ein schwerer Junge — (ugs.) a crook with a record (coll.)
1) heavily <built, laden, armed>schwer tragen — be carrying something heavy [with difficulty]
schwer auf jemandem/etwas liegen od. lasten — (auch fig.) weigh heavily on somebody/something
schwer erkauft — dearly bought; bought at great cost postpos.
3) (sehr) seriously <injured, wounded, ill>; greatly, deeply < disappointed>; < punish> severely, heavily severely <disabled, handicapped>; badly < damaged>schwer aufpassen — (ugs.) take great care
schwer im Irrtum sein — (ugs.) be very much mistaken
das will ich schwer hoffen — (ugs.) I should jolly well think so (Brit. coll.)
er ist schwer in Ordnung — (ugs.) he's a good bloke (Brit. coll.) or (coll.) guy
* * *A. adj1. gewichtsmäßig: heavy;wie schwer bist du? how much do you weigh?;es ist zwei Pfund schwer it weighs ( oder it’s) two pounds;ein mehrere Tonnen schwerer Kran a crane weighing several tons;ich darf nichts Schweres heben I mustn’t ( oder can’t) lift anything heavy2. fig, Angriff, Parfüm, Schritt, Unwetter, Verluste, Wein etc: heavy; (gewichtig) weighty; (drückend) oppressive; Speise: rich; (schwer verdaulich) heavy; Zigarre, Duft: strong;schwere Maschine (Motorrad) powerful machine;er soll nichts Schweres essen he’s not supposed to eat anything rich;schwerer Boden heavy soil, clay;schweres Gold solid gold;schweres Wasser CHEM heavy water;schwerer Atem labo(u)red breathing;ich habe einen schweren Kopf my head’s throbbing;schwerer Schlaf deep ( oder heavy) sleep;schwere Zunge heavy tongue;schweren Herzens reluctantly; (traurig) with a heavy heart3. umg:schweres Geld verdienen make big money, make a packet (US bundle);etliche Millionen schwer sein be worth a few million4. Verbrechen: serious, grave; (schlimm) bad; → auch schlimm; verstärkend, Unfall, Wunde: bad, serious; Krankheit, Fehler, Irrtum: serious; IT Fehler: fatal, critical;schwere Erkältung bad ( oder heavy) cold;eine schwere Gehirnerschütterung severe concussion;schwerer Schock bad ( oder severe, terrible) shock;schwere Körperverletzung grievous bodily harm, Br abk GBH;schwerer Diebstahl aggravated theft;schwerer Alkoholiker hardened alcoholic;schwerer Junge umg hardened criminal, big-time crookeine schwere See a heavy sea6. (schwierig) hard, difficult, tough umg; → auch schwierig; Musik: difficult; Buch: heavy(-going); (anstrengend) hard, tough umg; Amt, Pflicht: onerous;schwere Aufgabe/Prüfung hard ( oder difficult) task/severe test;das Schwere daran the difficult part about it;schweres Schicksal hard lot;schwerer Tag hard (tough umg) day;er hatte eine schwere Jugend he had a hard time when he was young;schwere Zeit(en) hard times;sie hat viel Schweres durchgemacht she went through many hard times; → Begriff 1, Blei1 1, Geschütz etcB. adv1. bewaffnet etc: heavily etc;schwer beladen Laster etc: heavily laden, with a heavy load (FLUG etc cargo); fig Person, mit Sorgen etc: weighed down (mit with);jemandem schwer auf der Seele liegen prey on sb’s mind;es belastet ihn schwer it weighs heavily on his mind;zu schwer gegessen haben have eaten food that was too rich ( oder heavy)2. (schlimm) badly;es hat sie schwer getroffen it hit her hard, it was a hard blow for her;schwer betroffen seriously affected;schwer stürzen/verunglücken have a bad ( oder serious) fall/accident;schwer erkältet sein have a bad ( oder heavy) cold;schwer krank seriously ill;schwer verletzt seriously hurt ( oder injured);schwer verwundet seriously wounded;schwer betrunken very drunk, drunk out of one’s mind umg;schwer enttäuscht really ( oder deeply) disappointed;schwer leiden suffer badly3. (hart)schwer arbeiten work hard;schwer verdient hard-earned;schwer geprüft sorely tried;schwer bestrafen punish severely;schwer büßen pay dearly4. umg (sehr) really;schwer aufpassen watch like a hawk;schwer beleidigt deeply offended; besonders iron mortally wounded;schwer beeindruckt very ( oder deeply) impressed;schwer stolz sein auf (+akk) be very proud of;ich werd mich schwer hüten! I shall do nothing of the sort!;er ist schwer in Ordnung he’s a really great guy;da hat er sich aber schwer getäuscht he’s very much mistaken there;sich schwer blamieren make an awful fool of o.s.schwer atmen have difficulty breathing;das ist schwer zu beantworten there’s no easy answer to that, that’s a good question;das ist schwer zu beurteilen it’s difficult to say ( oder judge);sich schwer entschließen können have difficulty making up one’s mind;ein schwer erziehbares Kind a difficult ( oder problem) child;schwer erziehbar sein have behavio(u)ral problems;sie hat es schwer she has a hard time (of it), she’s having hard times;keiner hat es so schwer wie wir nobody has such a hard time of it as we do;schwer hören be hard of hearing;auf dem Ohr hört sie schwer umg, fig she doesn’t want to know (when you mention that);schwer löslich CHEM of low solubility, not easily soluble;jemandem etwas schwer machen make sth difficult for sb;jemandem das Leben schwer machen give sb a hard time;sich (dat)etwas schwer machen make sth difficult for o.s.;schwer zu sagen difficult to say;sie sind nur schwer zu überzeugen it’s not easy to convince them;schwer verständlicher Stil auch impenetrable style;schwer zu verstehen difficult to understand, hard to grasp;er ist schwer zu verstehen akustisch: it’s difficult to hear what he’s saying; → Kapee, Magen, schaffen2 B 3 etc…schwer im adj1. im wörtl Sinn:kiloschwer weighing a kilogram ( oder several kilos);tonnenschwer weighing tons2. fig:kalorienschwer with a high calorie content, high-calorie …;cholesterinschwer with a high cholesterol content;milliardenschwer worth a billion ( oder billions), billionaire …* * *1.2) (anstrengend, mühevoll) heavy < work>; hard, tough < job>; hard < day>; difficult < birth>es schwer/nicht schwer haben — have it hard/easy
jemandem/sich etwas schwer machen — make something difficult for somebody/oneself
sich (Akk. od. Dat.) mit od. bei etwas schwer tun — have trouble with something
sich (Akk. od. Dat.) mit jemandem schwer tun — not get along with somebody
3) (schlimm) severe <shock, disappointment, strain, storm>; serious, grave <wrong, injustice, error, illness, blow, reservation>; serious <accident, injury>; heavy <punishment, strain, loss, blow>; grave < suspicion>2.ein schwerer Junge — (ugs.) a crook with a record (coll.)
1) heavily <built, laden, armed>schwer tragen — be carrying something heavy [with difficulty]
schwer auf jemandem/etwas liegen od. lasten — (auch fig.) weigh heavily on somebody/something
schwer erkauft — dearly bought; bought at great cost postpos.
3) (sehr) seriously <injured, wounded, ill>; greatly, deeply < disappointed>; < punish> severely, heavily severely <disabled, handicapped>; badly < damaged>schwer aufpassen — (ugs.) take great care
schwer im Irrtum sein — (ugs.) be very much mistaken
das will ich schwer hoffen — (ugs.) I should jolly well think so (Brit. coll.)
er ist schwer in Ordnung — (ugs.) he's a good bloke (Brit. coll.) or (coll.) guy
* * *(Speisen) adj.rich adj. adj.big adj.difficult adj.grave adj.hard adj.heavy adj.weighty adj. -
9 важный
прил.Английский эквивалент прилагательного важный и его синонимов значительный, высокий ассоциируется с весом, весомостью, тяжестью, большим размером, что позволяет переносное употребление других слов и словосочетаний, передающих это значение.1. important — большой, значительный: It is a big opportunity for me. — Это открывает для меня большие возможности.3. sizeable — значительный, ощутимый, большой, заметный: It is a sizeable achievement. — Это весьма ощутимое достижение.4. massive — важный, огромный, значительный, ощутимый, важнейший, серьезнейший: massive efforts — огромные усилия; massive faults — серьезнейшие недостатки; massive problems — важные проблемы/сложные проблемы; the massive central issue in the debate — важнейший вопрос дискуссии/решающий вопрос дебатов Не received massive support. — Он получил огромную поддержку.5. weighty — важный, веский, весомый: weighty argument — убедительный довод/веский аргумент; weighty utterance (problems) — важное высказывание (важные проблемы) These are weighty matters. — Это очень важные вопросы. I'll agree if you give a really weighty argument. — Я соглашусь, если вы приведете по-настоящему весомое доказательство./Я соглашусь, если вы приведете по-настоящему весомый аргумент.6. to carry /to have weight — иметь вес, иметь влияяние: Her ideas carry a lot of weight with the boss. — Ее идеи оказывают большое влияние на начальство./Ее идеи имеют большой вес у начальства. They are the only people having weight in the government. — Только они имеют вес в правительстве/Они единственные, кто имеет влияние в правительстве.7. big fish — важный, первый, важная персона: I'd rather be a big fish in a small pond than the other way round. — Лучше быть первым на селе, чем последним в городе. -
10 importante
adj.1 important (destacado, significativo).2 considerable.3 significant, considerable, sizable.* * *► adjetivo2 (influyente) important* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, majoruno de los momentos más importantes de mi vida — one of the most significant o important moments in my life
un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy
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dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs•
lo importante es... — the main thing is...•
poco importante — unimportant2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious* * *a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much
lo importante es... — the important thing is...
dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs
b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant* * *= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.----* acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.* considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* es importante destacar = importantly.* evento importante = milestone.* hacer que sea importante = render + important.* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* la parte más importante = the heart of.* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.* lo más importante = most of all.* lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.* lo que es muy importante = importantly.* más importante = foremost.* más importante aun = more significantly.* menos importante, el = least, the.* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.* poco importante = small-time.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* sentirse importante = feel + important.* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.* suceso importante = critical incident.* suma importante = princely sum.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.* * *a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much
lo importante es... — the important thing is...
dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs
b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant* * *= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.* acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.* considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* es importante destacar = importantly.* evento importante = milestone.* hacer que sea importante = render + important.* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* la parte más importante = the heart of.* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.* lo más importante = most of all.* lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.* lo que es muy importante = importantly.* más importante = foremost.* más importante aun = more significantly.* menos importante, el = least, the.* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.* poco importante = small-time.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* sentirse importante = feel + important.* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.* suceso importante = critical incident.* suma importante = princely sum.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.* * *1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significanttengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing muchlo importante es participar the important thing is to take partes importante que vayas it's important that you godárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significantuna importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of moneyla tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damageun número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens* * *
Multiple Entries:
algo importante
importante
importante adjetivo
‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs
‹ daños› severe, considerable;
‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
' importante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonita
- bonito
- categoría
- ciudad
- comodidad
- consignar
- cosa
- cualquiera
- despreciable
- eje
- eslabón
- floricultura
- gorda
- gordo
- historia
- histórica
- histórico
- inmediatez
- menos
- nada
- núcleo
- opinar
- personaje
- pintar
- poderosa
- poderoso
- reseñar
- sabrosa
- sabroso
- salario
- señalada
- señalado
- señor
- suma
- sustancial
- sustantiva
- sustantivo
- tomo
- viso
- indiferente
- notable
- papel
- parecer
- personalidad
- pez
- que
- trascendental
- trascendente
- un
- visita
English:
amount to
- appreciable
- armory
- armoury
- assassin
- assassination
- big
- consideration
- depreciate
- edit
- flagship
- grain
- grand
- great
- head-hunt
- high
- if
- important
- increasingly
- large
- last
- leading
- least
- major
- mean
- morality
- prominent
- significant
- sponsor
- thing
- VIP
- weighty
- assassinate
- come
- considerable
- feature
- feel
- first
- foremost
- name
- priority
- strongly
- substantial
* * *importante adj1. [destacado, significativo] important;el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important2. [cantidad] considerable;[lesión] serious;una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;el tren llegó con un retraso importante the train was very late* * *adj important* * *importante adj: important♦ importantemente adv* * *importante adj1. (en general) important2. (considerable) considerable -
11 tocho
adj.1 huge (informal) (grande).2 homespun.3 fool.m.1 massive or huge great thing (informal) (cosa grande).2 iron ingot (hierro).3 large book, weighty tome.4 brick.* * *1 (lingote) iron ingot* * *masculino (fam) weighty tome (hum)* * *= tome.Ex. In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.----* buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.* * *masculino (fam) weighty tome (hum)* * *= tome.Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.
* buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.* * *( fam)weighty tome ( hum)* * *
tocho,-a
I adjetivo rustic, crude, stupid
II m fam (libro de gran tamaño o de difícil lectura) boring tome: el manual es un tocho de más de 300 páginas, the manual is a hefty wad of more than 300 pages
' tocho' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tocha
* * *♦ adj invFam [grande] huge♦ nm[libro] massive tome;2. [hierro] iron ingot* * *II m1 brick, block2 famlibro great big book, weighty tome -
12 проблема проблем·а
problem, challenge, issueзапутывать проблему — to confuse an issue, to obscure a problem
затрагивать проблему — to broach / to touch (on) a question
всесторонне обсудить проблему — to treat a problem thoroughly, to give a problem full treatment
поднимать широкий спектр проблем — to raise a wide variety / range of issues
разрешать проблему — to settle / to solve / to resolve a problem
решать проблему — to tackle / to handle a problem
рассматривать проблему — to examine / to consider a problem
стоять перед проблемой — to face an issue / a challenge, to compound a problem
актуальная / назревшая проблема — burning / topical / urgent / pressing problem
важная проблема — dramatic / weighty problem
второстепенная проблема — collateral / side issue
главная проблема — chief / fundamental / major / topical problem
кардинальные проблемы — basic / major problems
ключевая проблема — key / crucial / overriding problem
конкретная / частная проблема — specific problem
международные проблемы — international issues / problems
насущная проблема — urgent / pressing / vital problem, problem of vital importance
нерешённая проблема — outstanding / unsettled / unsolved problem
сложная проблема — knotty / deep / intricate / complicated problem
трудная проблема — troublesome / complex / difficult problem
щекотливая проблема — sensitive / ticklish problem
нерешённые экономические проблемы — outstanding / unsettled economic problems
решение этнических проблем — settlement / handling of ethnic problems
проблемы, которые беспокоят людей — problems which are of concern to the people
проблема проверки / контроля (выполнения соглашения) — problem of verification
проблема, стоящая перед кем-л. — problem facing smb.
решение проблемы — solution of an issue / problem
находить решение проблемы — to find / to hit on the solution of the problem
проблема экономического развития — issue / problem of economic development
сущность проблемы — matter / point of a problem
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13 mamotreto
m.1 hefty volume (informal) (libro).2 unwieldy object (objeto grande).3 large and useless object.4 large book, voluminous book.* * *1 (libro) great big thick book, weighty tome2 (armatoste) monstrosity, massive thing* * *masculino (fam)a) ( libro) hefty volume, huge tomeb) ( armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *= tome, contraption.Ex. In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.Ex. If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.* * *masculino (fam)a) ( libro) hefty volume, huge tomeb) ( armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *= tome, contraption.Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.
Ex: If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.* * *( fam)1 (libro) hefty volume, huge tome2 (armatoste) huge thing, useless object* * *
mamotreto sustantivo masculino
1 (mueble) massive o huge thing
2 (libro) huge tome
' mamotreto' also found in these entries:
English:
cumbersome
* * *1. [libro] hefty volume2. [objeto grande] unwieldy object;ayúdame a mover ese mamotreto de armario help me move that massive great wardrobe* * *m famlibro hefty tome* * *1) : huge book, tome2) armatoste: hulk, monstrosity -
14 opresivo
adj.oppressive, weighty, burdensome, oppressing.* * *► adjetivo1 oppressive* * *ADJ oppressive* * *- va adjetivo oppressive* * *= oppressive, heavy-handed, stifling, suffocating, overbearing, gut-wrenching.Ex. Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.Ex. The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex. He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.----* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.* * *- va adjetivo oppressive* * *= oppressive, heavy-handed, stifling, suffocating, overbearing, gut-wrenching.Ex: Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.
Ex: The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.* * *opresivo -vaoppressive* * *
opresivo◊ -va adjetivo
oppressive
opresivo,-a adjetivo oppressive
' opresivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
opresiva
English:
oppressive
* * *opresivo, -a adjoppressive* * *adj oppressive* * *opresivo, -va adj: oppressive -
15 serio
adj.1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.* * *► adjetivo1 (importante) serious, grave2 (severo) serious3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal\en serio seriously■ lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?ir en serio to be true, be serioustomar en serio to take seriously* * *(f. - seria)adj.1) serious, earnest2) important* * *ADJ1) [expresión, tono] serious¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?
se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me
ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo
me voy a poner seria contigo si no estudias — I'm going to get cross with you if you don't do some studying
2)¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?
3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest5) (=severo)el negro es un color demasiado serio para una niña — black is too serious o severe a colour for a young girl
6) [estudio, libro] serious* * *- ria adjetivo1) ( poco sonriente) seriousqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)
voy a tener que ponerme serio con este niño — I'm going to have to start getting strict with this child
no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable
3)a) <cine/tema> seriousb) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> seriousc)¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?
esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying
* * *= authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.----* en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.* en un serio apuro = in dire straits.* humor serio = deadpan humour.* mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.* poco serio = flippant.* ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.* ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.* sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.* serio en apariencia = deadpan.* serios, los = serious, the.* tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.* tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.* * *- ria adjetivo1) ( poco sonriente) seriousqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)
voy a tener que ponerme serio con este niño — I'm going to have to start getting strict with this child
no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable
3)a) <cine/tema> seriousb) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> seriousc)¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?
esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying
* * *= authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.* en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.* en un serio apuro = in dire straits.* humor serio = deadpan humour.* mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.* poco serio = flippant.* ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.* ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.* sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.* serio en apariencia = deadpan.* serios, los = serious, the.* tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.* tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.* * *A (poco sonriente) seriouscon pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet airqué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the newsqué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with youB(sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employeeno es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing anotherno confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliableson todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionalsC1 (no frívolo, importante) seriousha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedieses un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title2en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnestbueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriouslyesto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dyingy esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about thisno se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriouslymira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know* * *
Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)
serio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
serió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
serio◊ - ria adjetivo
1 ( poco sonriente) serious
2 ‹ empleado› responsible, reliable;
‹ empresa› reputable
3
c)
¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
serio,-a adjetivo
1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
' serio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
callada
- callado
- coña
- en
- formal
- gorda
- gordo
- jugar
- ligera
- ligero
- risa
- seria
- tiesa
- tieso
- tomarse
- verdad
- asustar
- decir
- enfado
- enojo
English:
apart
- assert
- businesslike
- deep
- dignified
- earnest
- face value
- flippant
- half-serious
- intense
- joke
- kid
- knuckle down
- laugh off
- major
- mean
- quality newspaper
- reputable
- responsible
- serious
- seriously
- settle down
- severe
- sober
- sober-minded
- staid
- steady
- straight
- weighty
- business
- dire
- genuine
- honestly
- knuckle
- nasty
- pride
- seriousness
- solemn
- surely
* * *serio, -a♦ adj1. [grave] serious;es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;estar serio to look serious;me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils2. [importante] serious;es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace3. [responsable] responsible;[cumplidor, formal] reliable;son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;no son gente seria they're very unreliable;¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months4. [sobrio] sober;un traje serio a formal suit;sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes♦ en serio loc advseriously;lo digo en serio I'm serious;en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study* * *adj1 serious;ésto va en serio this is serious;tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously2 ( responsable) reliable* * *1) : serious, earnest2) : reliable, responsible3) : important4)en serio : seriously, in earnest♦ seriamente adv* * *serio adj1. (en general) serious2. (responsable) reliable -
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secret, -ète [səkʀε, εt]1. adjectivea. secret• garder or tenir qch secret to keep sth secretb. [personne] secretive2. masculine nouna. ( = cachotterie) secret• ne pas avoir de secret pour qn [personne] to have no secrets from sb ; [sujet] to have no secrets for sb• « secret(-)défense » "official secret"• ce n'est un secret pour personne que... it's no secret that...b. ( = mécanisme, moyen) secret• le secret du bonheur/de la réussite the secret of happiness/of successc. ( = discrétion, silence) secrecy• le secret professionnel/bancaire professional/bank secrecy• le gouvernement a gardé le secret sur les négociations the government has remained silent about the negotiations* * *
1.
- ète səkʀɛ, ɛt adjectif1) ( non divulgué) [dossier, code, rite, société] secrettenir quelque chose secret — to keep something secret ou a secret
2) ( dissimulé) [passage, mécanisme] secret3) (intime, mystérieux) [vie, sentiment, raisons] secret4) ( réservé) [personne] secretive
2.
nom masculin1) ( ce qu'on cache) secretconfier un secret à quelqu'un — to let somebody into GB ou in on a secret
2) ( ce qui est caché) secretlivrer ses secrets — [nature, tombe] to yield up (its) secrets (à to)
3) ( discrétion) secrecymettre quelqu'un dans le secret — to let somebody into GB ou in on the secret
4) ( recette) secretil a le secret des solutions compliquées pour les problèmes simples — hum he has a knack of finding complicated answers to simple problems
5) ( prison) solitary confinement•Phrasal Verbs:* * *səkʀɛ, ɛt (-ète)1. adj1) (lieu, document) secret2) (personne) secretive2. nm1) (information confidentielle) secreten secret — in secret, secretly
2) (= discrétion absolue)3) (= isolement)au secret [mettre, tenir] — in solitary confinement
* * *A adj1 ( non divulgué) [dossier, code, rite, société] secret; tenir qch secret to keep sth secret ou a secret;2 ( dissimulé) [passage, mécanisme] secret;3 (intime, mystérieux) [vie, sentiment, raisons] secret; avoir le secret espoir de réussir secretly to hope to succeed;4 ( réservé) [personne] secretive.B nm1 ( ce qu'on cache) secret; c'est un/mon secret it's a/my secret; garder un secret to keep a secret; c'est un secret entre nous it's our secret; ne pas avoir de secrets pour qn to have no secrets from sb; confier un secret à qn to let sb into GB ou in on US a secret; ce n'est un secret pour personne it's no secret (que that); faire un secret de qch to make a secret of sth; il n'en fait pas un secret he makes no secret of it; ⇒ tombe;2 ( ce qui est caché) secret; livrer ses secrets [nature, substance, tombe] to yield up (its) secrets (à to); la mécanique n'a plus de secrets pour elle mechanics holds no secrets for her;3 ( discrétion) secrecy; dans le secret de leur atelier in the secrecy of their studio; faire qch dans le plus grand secret to do sth in the utmost ou greatest secrecy; être tenu au secret to be sworn to secrecy; dans le secret de ton cœur in your heart of hearts; être dans le secret (des dieux) to be in on the secret; mettre qn dans le secret/le secret de qch to let sb into GB ou in on US the secret/a secret about sth; garder le secret sur qch to keep sth a secret; promettre le secret absolu sur qch to promise to keep sth strictly secret; en secret in secret;4 ( recette) secret; le secret du bonheur the secret of happiness; quel est ton secret pour rester jeune? what's your secret for staying young?; avoir le secret de qch to know the secret of sth; encore une de ces gaffes dont il a le secret another of those blunders that only he knows how to make; il a le secret des solutions compliquées pour les problèmes simples he has a knack of finding complicated answers to simple problems;5 ( prison) mettre qn/être au secret to put sb/to be in solitary confinement;6 ( réserve) secrecy; leur goût du secret their taste for secrecy;7 ( mécanisme) secret mechanism; une serrure à secret a secret lock.secret bancaire Fin, Jur bank confidentiality; secret d'État Pol State secret; secret de fabrication industrial secret; secret de Polichinelle open secret; secret professionnel Jur professional confidentiality; être tenu au secret professionnel to be sworn to professional confidentiality.1. [inconnu - accord, code, document etc] secretgarder ou tenir quelque chose secret to keep something secret2. [caché - escalier, passage, tiroir] secret————————nom masculin1. [confidence] secretce n'est un secret pour personne it's no secret, everybody knows about ita. [personne] to have no secrets from somebodyb. [question, machine] to hold no secret for somebodyc'est un secret de Polichinelle it's an open secret ou not much of a secret2. [mystère - d'un endroit, d'une discipline] secretle secret du bonheur the secret of ou recipe for happiness4. [discrétion] secrecy (substantif non comptable)exiger/promettre le secret (absolu) to demand/to promise (absolute) secrecy5. RELIGION————————à secret locution adjectivale[cadenas] combination (modificateur)[tiroir] with a secret lock[meuble] with secret drawers————————au secret locution adverbiale————————en secret locution adverbiale -
17 massive
ˈmæsɪv прил.
1) а) тяжелый, массивный;
увесистый( о предметах и т. п.) massive walls ≈ толстые, крепкие стены a massive volume ≈ увесистый том б) большой, крупный (о частях тела, чертах лица и т. п.) ;
нескладный, громоздкий massive jaw ≈ огромная челюсть или тяжелый подбородок ∙ Syn: bulky, hefty, huge, weighty, heavy, ponderous, immense
2) а) цельный, литой( о золоте, серебре) а massive silver chain ≈ цепь литого серебра б) крупный, массивный;
статичный;
тяжелый, основательный( о произведении искусства, архитектуры, форме изображения чего-л.) massive and imposing style of the fourteenth century ≈ основательный и впечатляющий стиль 14-го века ∙ Syn: solid
1.
3) а) сильный, широкий, огромный, невероятный( по своей силе, размерам, размаху и т. п. - о нематериальных понятиях) ;
массовый My feeling of frustration, of being ineffectual, is massive. ≈ Мое чувство разочарования и собственной бесполезности огромно. She had an incredibly massive success. ≈ Она имела невероятно грандиозный успех. massive rebels, riots ≈ массовые бунты, мятежи We got into a massive storm on our way back. ≈ На обратном пути мы попали в ужасную бурю. So my beauty had a massive hangover next day. ≈ Так у моей милой на следующий день было жуткое похмелье. Syn: enormous, huge, immense, ponderous, vast, tremendous, mass
2., popular б) массированный, крупный massive thrust ≈ воен. массированный удар massive attack ≈ воен. массированное наступление massive retaliation ≈ воен. стратегия угрозы массового уничтожения;
массированный контрудар Syn: massed, concentrated
4) сильный, избыточный;
серьезный( по действию, последствиям и т. п.) massive flaw/mistake ≈ серьезный брак/ошибка massive hemorrhage ≈ сильное кровоизлияние;
большая потеря крови massive heart attack ≈ тяжелый сердечный приступ, инфаркт massive dose of penicillin ≈ сильная доза пенициллина Syn: dangerous, substantial, serious, sufficient
5) грандиозный, потрясающий, изумительный, монументальный a massive play/film/football match ≈ потрясающий спектакль/фильм/футбольный матч (и т.п.) Syn: enormous, immense, monumental, terrific, tremendous
6) а) минер. плотный, однородный, некристаллизованный б) геол. ненапластованный, цельный в) зоол. плотный (по структуре - об организме) массивный;
тяжелый - * beam массивная балка - * chin тяжелый подбородок - * head массивная /большая/ голова сплошной, цельный - a cup of * gold чаша из чистого /литого/ золота - * infection (медицина) общее заражение( организма) (специальное) плотный, некристаллический, непластованный - * texture плотная, однородная структура крупный;
массированный - * destructive power( военное) способность массового поражения - * weapon( военное) оружие массового поражения - * bomb атомная или водородная бомба - * retaliation( военное) массированный ответный удар, массированный контрудар - * thrust (военное) массированный удар массовый - * demonstration массовая демонстрация( усилительно) грандиозный, огромный - * storm сильная буря;
ураган - a * earthquake сильное землетрясение - * efforts огромные усилия - * efforts to conserve wildlife широкие мероприятия по охране природы - * program in education широкая программа народного просвещения - * program of canal building грандиозная программа сооружения каналов - to achieve * notoriety широко прославиться( чем-л. дурным) - * success of a film огромный успех фильма - he received * support он получил огромную поддержку (эмоционально-усилительно) важнейший, серьезнейший - * faults крупнейшие /серьезнейшие/ недостатки - * problems важные /сложные/ проблемы - the * central issue in the debate важнейший /решающий/ вопрос дебатов - * heart attack тяжелый сердечный приступ( обыкн. об инфаркте) massive крупный;
массированный ~ массивный, солидный;
тяжелый, плотный ~ массовый ~ огромный;
massive success грандиозный успех;
massive program широкая программа ~ огромный;
massive success грандиозный успех;
massive program широкая программа ~ огромный;
massive success грандиозный успех;
massive program широкая программа -
18 серьёзный
серьёзные тру́дности — serious/grave/major problems
серьёзный до́вод — weighty argument
серьёзная му́зыка — serious/classical music
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19 massive
1. a массивный; тяжёлый2. a сплошной, цельный3. a спец. плотный, некристаллический, ненапластованныйmassive texture — плотная, однородная структура
4. a крупный; массированный5. a массовый6. a усил. грандиозный, огромныйmassive storm — сильная буря; ураган
7. a эмоц. -усил. важнейший, серьёзнейшийСинонимический ряд:1. huge (adj.) Antaean; behemothic; Brobdingnagian; Bunyanesque; colossal; cracking; cyclopean; dinosauric; elephantine; enormous; extensive; fantastic; gargantuan; giant; gigantean; gigantesque; gigantic; Herculean; heroic; huge; immense; jumbo; leviathan; lusty; mammoth; massy; mastodonic; monster; monstrous; mortal; mountainous; planetary; prodigious; stupendous; titanic; towering; tremendous; vast2. imposing (adj.) imposing; impressive; mighty; monumental; powerful; substantial3. large (adj.) burly; corpulent; fat; fleshy; hulking; husky; large; obese; strapping4. solid (adj.) bulky; burdensome; cumbersome; heavy; heavyweight; hefty; not hollow; oversize; ponderous; solid; unwieldy; weightyАнтонимический ряд:manageable; slight; small; thin
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